Chantal AKERMAN

Director, Script Writer

Belgium

Chantal AKERMAN

Born 1950 in Brussels. She made her first film Blow Up My Town when she was only eighteen. A versatile artist, she has since directed many features and documentaries, written books and made installations. Among her main works are: I, You, She, He (1975), Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), News From Home (1976), The Meetings of Anna (1978), All Night Long (1982), Golden Eighties (1985), American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy (1988), Night and Day (1991), From the East (1993), A Couch in New York (1996), South (1999), The Captive (1999), From the Other Side (2002) and Tomorrow We Move (2004). She has lived in Brussels, New York and Paris where she is now working.

Jury attendance

  • Member Cinéfondation & Short Films, 2005

Feature films

DE L’AUTRE CÔTÉ

Out of Competition, 2002Cinematography, Director

PARIS VU PAR’ 20 ANS APRÈS

Perspectives Cinéma français, 1984Director

LES ANNÉES 80

Un Certain Regard, 1983Director, Screenplay

NEW FROM HOME

L'air du temps, 1977Director, Voice